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Vitamin D Deficiency and Bone Health in Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery
In a study involving 82 women (mean age: 70 yrs) and 35 men (mean age: 68 yrs) undergoing total hip or knee replacement, 84.7% of subjects were found to have vitamin D deficiency. In addition, 37% of men and 43% of women were found to have osteopenia, 20% of men had a T-score below -2.5, and 23% of women were affected by osteoporosis. Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia were not found to be due to immobility. These results elucidate the links between osteoporosis, osteopenia, BMD and vitamin D status in patients undergoing total hip or knee joint replacement surgery.
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"Bone mineral density and vitamin D status in female and male patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip," Breijawi N, Eckardt A, et al, Eur Surg Res, 2009; 42(1): 1-10. (Address: Dr. Philipp Drees, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, DE-55101 Mainz, Germany.
Reference:
"Bone mineral density and vitamin D status in female and male patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip," Breijawi N, Eckardt A, et al, Eur Surg Res, 2009; 42(1): 1-10. (Address: Dr. Philipp Drees, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, DE-55101 Mainz, Germany.
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Dr. Derrick DeSilva is on the Attending Staff at the Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, N.J., and on the teaching faculty at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J.
He has lectured on various topics in medicine --nationally and internationally-- and has his own talk show called Ask the Doctor which airs on WCTC in New Jersey (1450 AM) as well as his own television show, "To Your ...
He has lectured on various topics in medicine --nationally and internationally-- and has his own talk show called Ask the Doctor which airs on WCTC in New Jersey (1450 AM) as well as his own television show, "To Your ...
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